I guess that confirms the OP's problem. I went through the same type of problem with Maxtor a few years back. I had used their drives for years,...
It is *possible* that you received another defective drive (these things do happen). If you have exhausted all other possibilities... contact...
Tom, This is a shot in the dark... it could actually be something as 'simple' as the cable being bad. Try replacing the cable running from the...
Scout, Just a quick suggestion... I always set my optical drives to X & Y, this keeps them out of Window's way. HTH ;)
It appears that 'giveio.sys' is not a Windows file, it appears to belong to software related to 'card readers'. Run 'giveio.sys' through Google...
Eleanor, Did you follow the instructions that Mike York gave you in the above post? Your machine could possibly be infected and this could be...
Make sure you get good 'air flow' to keep your PC cool. That video card runs pretty hot also, I suspected that may have been your problem.
Harry, Glad to hear chkdsk ran okay (sort of). If you plan on using that hard drive again, don't store anything *important* on it, I'm not sure...
a shot in the dark... notded, If your computer is infected with *any* malware and you try to install SP2 you will definitely have problems....
Harry, You mentioned you ran 'chkdsk', which 'parameter' (switch) did you run it with? I would run "chkdsk /r" (without the quotes, note the...
Hi Everyone, I'm not quite *new* around here, but it's been awhile. I'm using a new moniker... my old one was Mr. B. For the last couple...
rimbaud, You can find information on the Sony/BMG rootkit fiasco HERE. There is also a tool to remove it HERE. I would certainly remove...
The problem may be your image shows six (6) 'primary' partitions. You cannot use more than four (4) on one physical hard drive. You may have a...
mergen, Good work, glad you found the problem. Thanks for posting back. B :cool:
mergen, You shouldn't have "ehtray.exe" running on XP Home, it pertains to XP Media edition... so that's good. ;) Your problem could be...
Hawkeye, Try this... go to 'Control Panel', click Internet Options, click the 'Programs' tab, then look for 'Manage Add-ons'. Should be able to...
Rockster, Just needed to thank you for your info on 'clearing the CMOS' after a CPU upgrade. Being the 'chucklehead' that I am... I changed the...
corrupt office files... Gizmo, After you straighten out your CD drive problem, possibly try a 'repair' of just msOffice. In the 'Help' menu of...
Rockster, Thanks for the info. I will definitely follow your suggestions. If I have any problems... you'll find me whimpering in the Hardware...
Rockster, I'm not trying to hijack this thread, but... I've got a new AMDx2 enroute and hoped to install it this weekend. I was curious to your...
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